Anthony Chinn

Anthony Chinn (1930 – 22 October 2000) was a Guyanese actor based in England who appeared in over 50 films and television series throughout a career which spanned more than four decades.[1][2]

Anthony Chinn
in The Protectors ep: See No Evil (1972)
Born1930 (1930)
Georgetown, Guyana
Died22 October 2000(2000-10-22) (aged 69–70)
London, England
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1957–2000
Children4

Career and death

Chinn was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He made his film début in the United Kingdom in 1957.[3] He moved to London in 1961[4] and for the next several years appeared in British TV series such as The Avengers, Danger Man, The Protectors and Steptoe and Son, as well as two episodes of Gerry Anderson's UFO.[5]

Chinn also had early uncredited roles in the James Bond films Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964) and You Only Live Twice (1967), later playing a Taiwanese businessman in A View to a Kill (1985).[3] Chinn played the Kitai in John Huston's The Kremlin Letter (1969), a Chinese assassin in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) and a Chinese doorman in Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978).[5] He appeared as Mohan in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and as Mactilburgh's technician in The Fifth Element (1997).[3]

Chinn also worked in theatre and appeared in TV advertisements for brands such as McEwan's beer. He was hospitalised with a serious and life threatening brain bleed on 21 October 2000 and died from the haemorrhage the next day at a London hospital. The Guyanese actor was buried in North London and was survived by his four sons and two grandchildren.[6][2][4]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Anthony Chinn at asianstarz.com, retrieved 3 January 2009
  2. Brennan, Sandra: Anthony Chinn, at AllRovi (via nytimes.com), retrieved 3 January 2009
  3. "Anthony Chinn". BFI.
  4. "Frozen Looks for an Eskimo". Evening Times. Glasgow. 22 November 1983. p. 2.
  5. "Anthony Chinn". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. "Production of Rose Marie | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
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